title: Minimal-change nephropathy and malignant thymoma.
abstract: A 69-year-old woman presented with persistent dyspnea and continuous coughing and mediastinal mass. The mass was found to be a malignant thymoma and was resected incompletely. A full-blown nephrotic syndrome appeared 1 year after removal of the thymoma. Renal biopsy revealed minimal-change glomerulonephritis. There was no evidence of other autoimmune diseases or causes of the minimal-change glomerulonephritis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Helle Yaffe Hospital, Hadera, Israel.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zinger
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ben-Itzhak
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Szylman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nakhoul
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D009402:Nephrosis, Lipoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology